Readers tell me that they don’t want to give up favourite summer foods to slim down. Good news: You don’t have to! The trick is to include fat-releasing foods unveiled in our new book The Digest Diet. Science shows that these power ingredients, from red wine to honey, promote weight loss, so we used them to redo seasonal staples (recipes each serve six).

For this creamy treat: Combine 1 bag frozen fruit (like strawberries or raspberries) with ½ cup yogurt and ¼ cup sugar in a food processor until uniformly mixed and creamy (stop before it turns to a liquid or smoothie); serve immediately, or freeze until dessert.